Welcome to the week ahead, our summary of the forthcoming key company announcements. Companies are no longer obliged to notify the London Stock Exchange (LSE) of results and trading updates, so this list does not claim to be comprehensive. You can read company announcements at http://announce.ft.com and our daily online news summaries record all key company announcements and business press headlines.
Monday 11 December
Interims: Marlowe, Photo-Me International, Polar Capital
Final: Hollywood Bowl
AGM: Westmount Energy
EGMs: Altus Strategies, Gresham Technologies
Companies paying dividends: DCC (40.89p), Western Selection (1.1p), YouGov (2p)
Tuesday 12 December
Interims: Abzena, Ashtead, Begbies Traynor, Carpetright
Finals: Autins, Driver, Pressure Technologies, Servoca
Trading statements: Balfour Beatty, Joules
AGMs: Artilium, BWA, GCM Resources, Haydale Graphene Industries, Northamber, Tristel
Economics: Consumer price index, retail price index, Producer prices, House price index
Companies paying dividends: Fidelity Asian Values (5p), Spire healthcare (1.3p)
Wednesday 13 December
Interims: Cohort, Dixons Carphone, Purplebricks
Final: TUI Travel
Trading statement: John Wood
AGMs: Avanti Communications, Bellway, Bowleven, Physiomics, Residential Secure Income, Volution, World Careers Network
EGMs: African Potash, Sports Direct International
Economics: Employment data, Average earnings
Companies paying dividends: AB Dynamics (2p), M Winkworth (1.8p)
Thursday 14 December
Interims: Omega Diagnostics, ReNeuron, Sports Direct International, Tungsten
Finals: Jersey Electricity, Titon
Trading statements: Bunzl, Ocado, PZ Cussons
AGMs: Pipehawk, Sareum, Upland Resources, Vernalis
Economics: RICS house prices, Retail sales, Bank of England base rate announcement, asset and corporate bond targets
Companies paying dividends: Brunner Investment Trust (3.5p), Gleeson (MJ) (17.5p), UIL (1.875p), Vedanta Resources (18.31p), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (1.8p)
Friday 15 December
Trading statements: SThree, Trinity Mirror
AGMs: On-Line, Plant Impact, TLA Worldwide, UP Global Sourcing
EGMs: DX Group, Van Elle, Volex
Companies paying dividends: Alpha Real Estate Trust (0.6p), BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (10p), BlackRock World Mining Trust (3p), Braemar Shipping Services (5p), C&C (5.21p), Card Factory (2.9p), CML Microsystems (2p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities EUR (0.1375p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities GBP (1.375p), Edinburgh Dragon Trust (3.3p), Empiric Student Property (1.25p), London Finance & Investment Group (0.55p), Marks & Spencer (6.8p), Octagonal (0.1p), River & Mercantile (6p), Softcat (6.1p), Softcat (special) (13.5p), Sophos (1.08p), Telecom Plus (24p), Tiso Blackstar (0.2559p), Whitbread (31.4p), World Careers Network (3.5p), Wynnstay Properties (6.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 14 December
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| 3i ord 73 19/22p | 8 | 10 Jan |
| Aeorema Communications | 0.5 | 12 Jan |
| Associated British Foods ord 5p | 29.65 | 12 Jan |
| Assura ord 10p | 0.6 | 24 Jan |
| BCA Marketplace | 2.6 | 31 Jan |
| Bonmarché | 2.5 | 22 Jan |
| Brown (N) ord 10p | 5.67 | 12 Jan |
| Carr's ord 2.5p | 2.1 | 12 Jan |
| Charles Stanley ord 25p | 2.5 | 19 Jan |
| Henderson High Income Trust | 2.375 | 26 Jan |
| JPM Globall Emerging | 1 | 19 Jan |
| Marstons Ord 7.375p | 4.8 | 29 Jan |
| Michelmersh Brick ord | 0.7 | 12 Jan |
| Mitchells & Butlers ord 8 13/24p | 5 | 6 Feb |
| Mucklow (A&J) ord 25p | 7.09 | 15 Jan |
| Severfield | 0.9 | 12 Jan |
| Sirius Real Estate € | 1.39 | 19 Jan |
| Speedy Hire ord 5p | 0.5 | 21 Jan |
| Telford Homes ord 10p | 8 | 12 Jan |
| Ventus VCT | 4 | 17 Jan |
| Ventus VCT 2 | 2.5 | 17 Jan |
| XP Power | 18 | 11 Jan |
The ex-dividend day is the first day on which it is no longer possible to buy the shares and qualify for the dividend. Ex-days are almost always a Thursday. The record date is usually one day after the ex-date. The payment day is the day on which the funds are transferred to shareholders.
IC ONLINE
The data in the table above is a small selection of what’s available on our website. Just go to www.investorschronicle.co.uk/shares and click on the dividend calendar box. You can download a full table of ex-dividend dates as an Excel spreadsheet. The dividend calendar is updated every Friday.
